Harness



(No Model.)

I. PANYO & W. H. WRIGHT.

HARNESS.

No. ss5,440. Patented Feb. 2, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFrIcE.

FRANK FANYO AND IVILLIAM II. \VRIGHT, OF \VATSEKA, ILLINOIS.

HARNESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 335,440,dated February2, 1886.

Application filed Xovember 20, 1885. Serial No. 183,389. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK FANYO and W'ILLIAM H. WRIGHT, citizens of theUnited States of America, residing at Watseka. in the county of Iroquoisand State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful HoistingApparatus, of which the following is a specification.

Ourinvention has relation to improvements in means for hoisting weights,loads, bales, and similar articles; and the objectis to improveeXist-ing apparatus.

Our invention therefore consists in a frame adapted to be secured andadjusted to the body of a draft-animal, and to which the rope and tacklemay be connected, as hereinafter described, and as will be specificallypointed out and claimed.

\Ve attain the object and purposes of our invention by means oftheapparatus illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure l isaplan view of the frame with its connections and appliances. Fig. 2 is aview of the rope, sheave, and clevis. Fig. 3 is a clamp which holds thebars of the frame together; and Fig. 4. is the apparatus as in practicaloperation.

Similar parts are identified by the same letters of reference.

The letter A designates the frame of the devfce, composed of the bars aand a. These bars consist, preferably, of metal piping, as that has thequality of lightness and possesses strength and rigidity sufficient forthe pur poses. Thebara is bentinto an ovate-oblong form, with the openor forward end narrower than the curved end, and is formed with hooks aat the ends, which are adapted to engage with the staples or rings onthe hames 0f the collar, substantially as seen in Fig. 4 of thedrawings. These hooks a" may be made separate from the main bar byforming them with screw-threads on their shanks and fitting them toscrew-threads in the bore of the bar. The bar or frame a issubstantially of the same shape as the other bar,a, but is madepreferably broader in its bend, and has its forward ends bent up, as ata and formed with eyes, which set over the bar a, and secured thereto byany proper means. An adjustable clamp, a", adapted to receive a bar ofthe frame in each end, is secured on the bar, substantially as shown,and

is adjusted or secured in any desired part of the frame by means of aset-screw let through the middle of the clamp. Ordinarily this clamp isset to the frame a little to one side of the middle rear part, as thatholds the frame well together and admits the draft-sheave to set in themiddle of the curve.

To the bar a is fitted a sheave, I), having a clevis, I), to whichlatter the rope leading to the weight is connected. This sheave,with itsclevis, is free to run on bar of the frame to which it is attached, andmay, under circumstances hereinafter stated. assume the-position shownin dotted linesin Fig. 1 of the drawings.

The letters 0 designate bands of leather or other suitable material,which are formed to fit over the back of the horse, and have their endssecured to the upper bar of the frame; and the letter O designates abelly-band, also secured to the upper bar of the frame. These bands maybe made removable from the frame, and also may be made adjustable, assuch articles usually are.

In Fig. 4 of the drawings a frame is shown applied to a horse andconnection made by the clevis with a rope running over pulleys andsustaining alifted weight. It will be perceived that the use of asingletree and traces is dispensed with, the connection being directbetween the frame and the rope. The threaded shanks of the hooks to theframe and the threads in the bars of the frame may be extended for suchdistance on or in the respect ive parts that the length of the frame maybe adjusted to suitthe length of the draft-animal. A common collar andhamcs are used on the animal.

The frame may be applied to the animal by lifting it on and over him andthen hooking the hooks in the rings of the hames, after which the modeof operation is clearly shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. In instanceswhere it is desired to return a weight to the startingplace or to slackit up, the animal is turned about and the sheave is carried along thebar until it seats itself against the angle of the bar at its forwardconnection, substantially as seen in Fig. l; and then when theturn-about is made, the animal can be walked in the direction of theweight, instead of being backed, as is usual. It will thus be seen thatwe have provided a hoisting frame or apparatus which may be adjusted tothe draft-animal very, like a harness, and adapted to have directconnection with a block and tackle.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The hoisting-harness herein described, composed of a metal bar bentin ovate-oblong form having hooks at its forward end to connect with thering of the hames, and a second metal bar bentin ovate-oblong formhaving its forward ends struck up and secured to the hooked bar, saidbars being connected together at their back or curved parts by a clampand adapted to have connected thereto the rope leading from the weightand provided with straps to adjust and secure the frame to adraftanimal, substantially as described.

2. The hoisting-harness herein described,

hold said bars together at their rear, and straps to adjust and securethe frame to an animal, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence oftwo attesting witnesses.

FRANK FANYO. WILLIAM H. WRIGHT.

Attest:

GEO. B. DANIELS, JOHN UPSALL.

